Tuesday, June 1, 2010

CTMH June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for June - featuring the stamp set "Wonderful Friend"! Along the hop you'll find dozens of fabulous creations using this stamp set - all brought to you by a very talented group of CTMH Consultants! If you've come here from Debra's Blog, you are on the right path. If this is your first stop on the hop, that will work too (just keep hopping till you get back here again)!

To continue along the hop, just follow the link at the end of each post to go to the next site. We hope that following the hop will give you lots of inspiration and ideas for using your "Wonderful Friend" stamp set, as well as the many other great CTMH products you'll see in each post.

I have two creations for you today!

The first is a layout I did of my son & my husband on our recent trip to Maui. I used the Stamp of the Month as part of my title and also as a 'photo corner' accent on the photos. I used this week's sketch at Pencil Lines for the inspiration for my layout.

(sorry about the 'scrap cardstock editing' . . . I haven't figured out how to 'blur' photos in my editing software and I don't like posting current photos of my kids on the internet . . .)

My second project is a fun little Father's Day card. The card features an origami shirt fold. (There are great instructions to the folding technique on Beth's Blog). I used the Stamp of the Month on both the front and the inside of the card. I used dry embossing on this card to create a 'frame' around my central image. I also did lots of sanding, as well as ink distressing on this card to give it a really 'rough', masculine feel.

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About Me

I'm a wife, a mom, a Chartered Accountant, and a Close to My Heart Independent Consultant - and I love being all of these things! I stay home with my kids and scrapbook & make cards every chance I get!

Copyright

The images found on this blog are mine. Feel free to copy anything you see here for your own personal use but please do not copy them for publication or contests. I will try to give credit where appropriate to anyone who has inspired a particular project and ask that you do the same. Thanks!